TO: Board of Supervisors
FROM: Tracy Schulze, Auditor-Controller
REPORT BY: Susan MacDonald, Internal Audit
SUBJECT: County-Wide Audit of Procurement Card (P-Card) Program
RECOMMENDATION
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Accept and instruct the Clerk of the Board to file the audit of the Procurement Card Program for the period of January 1, 2024 - June 30, 2024. (No Fiscal impact; Discretionary)
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BACKGROUND
On August 13, 2013, the Board of Supervisors approved and authorized an addendum to the State of California’s Purchase Card Program Master Services Agreement (DGS MSA 5-06-99-01) with U.S. Bank National Association to implement a Procurement Card (P-Card) Program for Napa County. In doing so, the Board of Supervisors also authorized a P-Card "Pilot" Program to ensure the County’s P-Card Procedures could be developed with strong internal controls prior to a county-wide implementation.
On February 10, 2015, the Board of Supervisors adopted Board Resolution No. 2015-13, authorizing the P- Card Program. The Purchasing Agent is the County Executive Officer, who has designated the Purchasing Manager as the Program Coordinator. The Program Coordinator is responsible for overall administration of the P-Card Program. The Auditor-Controller is responsible for monitoring and auditing all activity of the P-Card Program to ensure no violations of the County’s P-Card Procedures exist.
The P-Card Program is intended to facilitate the acquisition of goods and travel-related services necessary for accomplishing the County’s goals and objectives of automation and streamlining processes. The P-Card itself is issued to individual employees, who have been designated by the County and may only use it for the type of purchases authorized by the Board of Supervisors. Several unique controls have been developed for the P-Card Program to ensure that P-Cards can be used only for specific categories of purchases (i.e., MCC) and within specific dollar limits. Through U.S. Bank, there are enhanced controls and data reporting tools available that enable the County to streamline the traditional paper and labor-intensive procurement process. The P-Card Program allows the County to efficiently purchase authorized items directly without the necessity of preparing individual purchase requisitions and processing individual receiving reports for each transaction.
Requested Action: Accept and file the report.
FISCAL & STRATEGIC PLAN IMPACT
Is there a Fiscal Impact? |
No |
Is it Mandatory or Discretionary? |
Discretionary |
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
ENVIRONMENTAL DETERMINATION: The proposed action is not a project as defined by 14 California Code of Regulations 15378 (State CEQA Guidelines) and therefore CEQA is not applicable.